Farming on the rural-urban fringe

[DanL99]

So how many of you have a problems farming next to towns? Because by me I feel downright sorry for the farmer who owns a block of 60 acres that is in front of a secondary school and lots of house. Last night as I walked by the fields that have just been harvested I saw a big group of people sitting on the straw stack, later on as walked past there was two fire engines and a blazing fire, they burnt all the straw, also throughout the year people constantly trample his crops, litter, takes bikes in there, no wonder he wants to get planning on there, he farms 20 miles away from this land so can't monitor it, but every time he visits someone has done something, It makes my blood boil that farmers work so hard, feed them 3 times a day then repay like this, it makes me angry and sad. Any of you suffer from problems like this?

 

[Wombat]

I am sure he too will also be disappointed when it's covered with houses and he is sat in Barbados drinking cocktails. I am sure that will offset the issues he has to put up with [emoji3]

 

[Courier]

And they watch you baling and loading the trailer so you can shift the bales before you leave the field with the baler but as soon as you are out of sight at the other end of the field finishing baling the last fer rows they set fire to the loaded trailer.

http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/quad-bike-accident.84798/#post-1647190

 

[kesteven dan]

I'm farming on the fringe,it's not quite as bad as it was ten years or so ago ,we put that down to kids being indoors and on the PlayStation.
You do ,however get quad bikes and cars all over the fields,random thefts,regular fly tipping,trespass and junkies shooting up in your gateways.and of course trying to store bales is a fools errand.
All I can say is you get used to it .

 

[DanL99]

I'm farming on the fringe,it's not quite as bad as it was ten years or so ago ,we put that down to kids being indoors and on the PlayStation.
You do ,however get quad bikes and cars all over the fields,random thefts,regular fly tipping,trespass and junkies shooting up in your gateways.and of course trying to store bales is a fools errand.
All I can say is you get used to it .

Yeah, I suppose you learn to deal with it, the other farms cart the bales right away but there close, but this farmer is so far, he has to leave some for a while, it's a shame really,

 

[IH 684]

Easy way to reduce problems, rip up first 20 meters of field nearest road/houses and use it all year round to spread slurry, tracksuits white adidas trainers and 6" of slurry dont mix too well

 

[MrNoo]

Next door is on (or was) on the fringe, right pain, shopping trollies in his wheat, his old man used to have to walk in front of the combine some years, it was so bad. When he baled, they didn't burn them, they just cut the strings instead.
But all sold off now and houses built.

 

[Beef farmer]

Have to ask the question. Why if it's a known issue,did the farmer stack straw there?

 

[MrNoo]

He didn't, bales as they came out of the baler. He's a one man band.

 

[Beef farmer]

So how many of you have a problems farming next to towns? Because by me I feel downright sorry for the farmer who owns a block of 60 acres that is in front of a secondary school and lots of house. Last night as I walked by the fields that have just been harvested I saw a big group of people sitting on the straw stack, later on as walked past there was two fire engines and a blazing fire, they burnt all the straw, also throughout the year people constantly trample his crops, litter, takes bikes in there, no wonder he wants to get planning on there, he farms 20 miles away from this land so can't monitor it, but every time he visits someone has done something, It makes my blood boil that farmers work so hard, feed them 3 times a day then repay like this, it makes me angry and sad. Any of you suffer from problems like this?

He didn't, bales as they came out of the baler. He's a one man band.

Really?

 

[MrNoo]

Yes, if he didn't pick them all up and cart them away, anything left in the fields bordering would have strings cut.

 

[sleepy]

I worked on a farm in Essex a while back, the cart drivers used to have to walk in front of the combine when doing the headland to collect all the junk, sometimes had to take the handler, different world.

 

[Grassman]

Time to give up farming the land if it's that bad!

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

So how many of you have a problems farming next to towns? Because by me I feel downright sorry for the farmer who owns a block of 60 acres that is in front of a secondary school and lots of house. Last night as I walked by the fields that have just been harvested I saw a big group of people sitting on the straw stack, later on as walked past there was two fire engines and a blazing fire, they burnt all the straw, also throughout the year people constantly trample his crops, litter, takes bikes in there, no wonder he wants to get planning on there, he farms 20 miles away from this land so can't monitor it, but every time he visits someone has done something, It makes my blood boil that farmers work so hard, feed them 3 times a day then repay like this, it makes me angry and sad. Any of you suffer from problems like this?

Would that be the ground by the Kingfisher at Wall Heath.

 

[multi power]

Time to give up farming the land if it's that bad!

It's no wonder people want to immigrate

 

[Courier]

Growing potatoes in thes areas requires a weekly spray - with just enough snowcem to leave white spots on the leaves.....

 

[Beef farmer]

It's no wonder people want to immigrate

I'm in an immigrate mood today, and nothing's even gone wrong today. http://www.nzfarms.co.nz/2621509

 

[Gadget]

I am sure he too will also be disappointed when it's covered with houses and he is sat in Barbados drinking cocktails. I am sure that will offset the issues he has to put up with [emoji3]

We farm inside the city boundary, quite a lot of the land looks likely to be coming up for building. Unfortunately we are tenants

 

[Lazy Sod]

Making money out of 60 acres 20 miles away from home is not easy at the best of times. To deal with the straw problem, he obviously needed some contractor help to get it away safely.

I would be tempted to let the land on an FBT until a development opportunity comes along.

 

[rob1]

We are on the fringe of a village but dont have a lot of problems, I allow the locals to walk on the trips round the arable fields that the liveries use, most of the walkers are very good and keep the odd idiot in check, have a couple of bits against the local town and to be honest have less trouble with kids now than 15 years ago, which is just as well as cant run as fast now to catch them Fly tipping is the biggest problem round here and thats the pikey scum